***Professor Anne C. Bailey is on leave 2014-2015***

As a social historian in the departments of History and Africana Studies at SUNY Binghamton,
I am dedicated to the study of African American history and African Diaspora Studies
more generally. My own research has centered on the history of the Atlantic slave
trade and its impact on Africa and its worldwide diaspora. I am particularly interested
in bringing voices of the past that have been previously at the margins of historical
discourse to the center of inquiry. As such, my recent book, AFRICAN VOICES OF THE
ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE: BEYOND THE SILENCE AND THE SHAME ( Beacon Press 2005 and Ian
Randle Publishers 2006) looks at memories of the slave trade from the African perspective.
Finally, I am also interested in the interplay of race and gender in the Americas
in the 18 th and 19 th centuries.

Current undergraduate courses

The Making of the African Diaspora

Current Graduate courses

African American Historiography to 1865

PUBLICATIONS

African Voices of the Atlantic Slave Trade: Beyond the Silence and Shame (Beacon Press, 2005 and Ian Randle Publishers 2006). Historical monograph on the
memories of the slave trade from the perspective of African communities; based on
over 40 oral histories of chiefs and other elders with a focus on the major theme
of the impact of the slave trade on Africa as well as African resistance to slavery.
Cover won the Association of American University Press Award for best cover and book
jacket in 2005. For selective reviews and excerpts in The Atlanta Journal Constitution,
The Nation, Harvard Magazine and The Chronicle of Higher Education, [see: Harvard Magazine, and The Chronicle of Higher Education ].

“Breaking the Silence and A Break with the Past: African Oral Histories and the Transformations
of the Atlantic Slave trade” in Ato Quayson and David Goldberg, eds. Relocating Post-colonialism , (London: Blackwell Pub. Ltd., 2002)

You Can Make a Difference: The Story of Martin Luther King Jr ., children's book for
ages 9-12 designed to supplement texts in American history. (Bantam/Doubleday, 1990.)

Return to the Cave of Time, historical novel for children co-written with Edward Packard.
(Bantam/Doubleday)

NPR, News and Notes with Ed Gordon, NPR , April 13, 2005 News & Notes is a new one-hour
NPR public affairs program that focuses on news, trends and topical issues of interest
and importance to the African-American community. It was broadcast on 86 NPR member
stations, including WNYC/New York, WBEZ/Chicago and WHYY/Philadelphia. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4598330

Tavis Smiley Radio Show, Public Radio International , Weekend of June 31, 2005.

"Some of Us Are Brave" Live radio show on KPFK ( Pacifica station) with host Charlene Muhammad on February 24, 2005.